kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
one by one; in detail; minutely
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to glare at each other; to confront each other
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to feel; to sense; to experience
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to induce sleep; to cause drowsiness
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
reality; actuality; hard fact
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to entrust; to leave to a person
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend